brenna III “burn”

“be burned”

frequent

intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek brenn 1pl vér brennum 1sg ek brenna 1pl vér brennim
2sg þú brennr 2pl þér brennið 2sg þú brennir 2pl þér brennið
3sg hon brennr 3pl þau brenna 3sg hon brenni 3pl þau brenni
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek brann 1pl vér brunnum 1sg ek brynna 1pl vér brynnim
2sg þú brannt 2pl þér brunnuð 2sg þú brynnir 2pl þér brynnið
3sg hon brann 3pl þau brunnu 3sg hon brynni 3pl þau brynni
preterite infinitive brunnu
past participle f. brunnin m. brunninn n. brunnit
imperative 2sg brenn 1pl brennum 2pl brennið

PG *brinnaną, OE byrnan III, weak Dutch branden, German brennen. The main source of weak ME brennen, MnE burn. The causative is brenna 1 “burn; set on fire.” Earlier form brinna; present variants brenn, breþr.

assimilation  ·  cluster reduction

Corpus search: present active / preterite active

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